Welcome to 8th Grade in the Computer Lab!

The theme for the first half of the year is Careers. You will do research on a career you think you might like. We will "write" a paper (for understanding formatting); create a cool "sign" in Photoshop; create your own background in Photoshop to use in PowerPoint (and create a PowerPoint document on your career). We have some new tools that we think you will really like, as well. I think you'll enjoy this year!

2010-11 School Year

3-07: BOSTON!

3-06

• Graduation Slide: 3 words

3-05

• Watch Audacity Movies
• Try Audacity! Talk, Sing, import music!

3-04

• Finish Prezi

Week 3-03 (4/13-4/20)

• Prezi: Create a Prezi based on Cyber-Bullying-work in groups
• Use Google docs to share information
• Demo:http://prezi.com/presentation/00smithm@indyde.org/gkp6jse/
• Information required
  • Cyber-bullying Title and include names of those working on project
  • What is a cyber-bully?
  • What to do if you’re cyber-bullied
  • Consequences to cyber-bullies
  • Youtube Movie


Week 3-02 (4/4-4/12)

• Prezi: Create a Prezi based on Cyber-Bullying
• Prezi tutorial: http://prezi.com/learn/

Week 3-01 (3/17-3/25)

• Microsoft Excel
• Follow directions from file below

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Are you missing any work?
End of 2nd Trimester
Week 2-10 (3/08-3/16)

• Finish Glogs & present

Week 2-09 (2/16-2/25)

• Continue working on Glogs

Week 2-08 (2/08-2/15)

• Create a living poster in Glogster about the career you've been researching in Computer Class
• Requirements:
  · Career field text box
  · Name & HR (first name & first initial last name) text box
  · 5 pictures w/captions
  · 5 facts
  · 1 movie
  · Change wall
  · Graphics/animations optional

Week 2-07 (1/31-2/07)

• Create a living poster in Glogster about the career you've been researching in Computer Class
• Requirements:
  · Career field text box
  · Name & HR (first name & first initial last name) text box
  · 5 pictures w/captions
  · 5 facts
  · 1 movie
  · Change wall
  · Graphics/animations optional

Week 2-06 (1/29-)

• Watch these videos:
  • http://www.teach42.com/2009/10/09/cdwg-presents-dembo-and-davidson-on-web-2-0/
    overview 4.06
  • http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools-presentation.cfm
    presentation tools 5:34
  • http://www.teach42.com/2009/10/09/cdwg-presents-dembo-and-davidson-on-web-2-0/
    video tools 6:25
  • http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools-related.cfm
    Best of the rest (4:07)
• Click on Discussion tab.
  • Discuss what you learned, what you want to do, and any other thoughts you have.

Week 2-05 (1/21-1/28) Snow days - no classes

Week 2-04 (1/12-1/20)
Virtual Indy
Introduce students to more online toosl

• Open Symbaloo:
  • http://indyde.symbaloo.com/
  • Set as home page
  • Discuss Personal Learning Network
  • Create your own Symbaloo account at home
• Right click on the Symbaloo tab> duplicate tab (creates a duplicate of this tab)
  • Go to Diigo
  • Create a new a new account using your school email address
  • Discuss Social Bookmarks
  • Set up Digl
  • Add Symbaloo as a bookmark
• Go back to Symbaloo
• Click on the Glogster tab
  • Create a new Glogster account using your school email address
  • Discuss Glogster

Week 2-03 (1/4-1/11)
Virtual Indy

• Introduce students to ...
  • Indy Google Docs
    • Open Career Paper in Word> copy & paster to Google Docs
    • Share with Mrs Fredericks/Ms Tease & two students
• Introduce students to...
  • Indy email addresses for students
    • Send an email to Mrs Fredericks/Ms tease & two students

Week 2-02 (12/09-12/17)

• Holiday links

Week 2-01 (12/01-12/08)

Christmas Cards for Soldiers overseas

• Open Microsoft Office Publisher
• Search for Christmas
• Complete pages 1 2-3 4 (at bottom)
• Include First name only & HR on page 4
• Print to Color Printer

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Are you missing any work?
End of 1st Trimester
Week 1-09 (11/17)

• Finish and print career paper (8C & 8D START HERE and also comple tag cloud in tagxedo)
• Typing (8A & 8B START HERE)
• Open Microsoft Word
  • Type all the words that are associated with your career
  • Save
• Open http://www.tagxedo.com/
  • Create a tag cloud on your career

Week 1-08 (11/9-11/16)
• Typing-Type to Learn 4
• Finish career paper
• Complete works cited
• Print

Week 1-07 (11/1-11/8)
• Typing-Type to Learn 4
• Complete survey on career types
• Open Word Template
· Open Word Template initials HR
· Save as Career Paper Initial HR –
· Office Button> Prepare> Mark as final (to turn off!)
· Change heading
• Open Career Project (Public> Students> _grade8templ)
· Use The Holland Hexagon section to learn about different personality aspects
· Use The Internet Resources for your research
• Two paragraphs:
· Brief description of the career
· Education required for the career
· Bibliography/works cited on separate page

Week 1-06 (10/22-10/29)

• Typing
• Take Career Personality test
• Start paper using Career Paper Directions

Week 1-05 (10/14-10/21)

• Typing

• New York City Virtual Field Trip (use your word template)

• Use NYC Virtual Field Trip directions below

• Watch Part 2 of career movie
• Put your first name & last initial & HR and what you want to see in NYC: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/indynewyorktrip
• Put your first name & last initial & HR and your career choice on the wall: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/indycareers

Week 1-04 (10/4-10/13)

• Typing
• Create Word Template
• Use Word Template directions below
• Watch Part 1 of career movie

Week 1-03 (9/24-10/1)

• Typing
• Finish schedule (see directions for creating a schedule below)

Week 1-02 (9/16-9/23)

• Typing
• Create schedule (part 1) (Directions below)

Week 1-01 Welcome! (9/8-9/15)

• Change password
• Complete PW cards
• Create new folder in your network folder called old files
• Copy "keepers" to old files
• Delete files you don't want
• Type to Learn 4
• Change desktop
• Pixie